AUDITORY ATTENTION ESTIMATION DEVICE, AUDITORY ATTENTION ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM

摘要

To provide a technique for estimating auditory attention of a subject.SOLUTION: An auditory attention estimation device comprises: a living body information acquisition unit for acquiring first living body information being time series information of a pupil size in the state where a subject has no attention to a sound felt in left and right ears, and second living body information being the time series information of the pupil size in the state where the subject has attention to the sound felt in any of the left and right ears; an area information acquisition unit for acquiring area information being an index value showing the brightness of the area concerning 2-or more areas included in the field of view of the subject; and an auditory attention estimation unit for estimating an auditory attention direction of the subject at the time when the second living body information is acquired by using the first living body information and the second living body information and area information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5